Union Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed on June 2 complained that Muslims were not getting due representation in the governments at Centre and in the states and said the minorities were being allocated ministerial berths “only for the purpose fulfilling the quota”.” The Muslims are not being paid due attention for ensuring their representation in the Central and state governments. They are being allotted ministerial berths to fill up quota,” Ahmed said while addressing a seminar on “Challenges of Minorities” organised by a private TV channel.”
In the central and state governments, Muslims are always being ignored as they are being allocated the lesser important portfolios, he said. Ahmed, a Trinamool Congress (TC) leader of West Bengal, also launched a direct attack on his party ally – Congress saying “the same thing has been done in rule of the grand old party”.